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[–] Archangel1313@lemm.ee 91 points 1 day ago (24 children)

Also weird how giant steel tankers float on the ocean. Especially when they're weighed down by all that cargo. It's practically unbelievable. I throw a tiny rock in the ocean, and it sinks...but not those giant steel boats? /s

[–] ByteJunk@lemmy.world 19 points 1 day ago (18 children)

Well... When you put one of those huge tankers in the water, it will move a LOT of water out of the way.

As long as the tanker weights less than the weight of all that water it displaced, it will float.

As you keep loading up the tanker with more cargo, it will go deeper into the water right? But this means that it is pushing more water out of the way (the water that used to be where the boat now is), which balances out the weight because that creates more buoyancy.

A rock, on the other hand, is heavier than the water that it displaces, so it sinks like a tanker whose front fell off.

[–] starman2112@sh.itjust.works 14 points 1 day ago (9 children)

As long as the tanker weights less than the weight of all that water it displaced, it will float.

But steel is heavier than water

[–] goodeye8@fedia.io 29 points 1 day ago (3 children)

If you take 1kg of steel and 1kg of water, which is heavier? That's right, steel is heavier.

A steelogram of kilo is feather than heaviers

[–] jaybone@lemmy.zip 9 points 1 day ago (2 children)

If she weighs more than a duck, then she’s made of wood.

And therefore?

... A WITCH!

[–] AnUnusualRelic@lemmy.world 3 points 1 day ago

We shall use the larger scales!

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